บททั้งหมดของ Hayle Coven Novels: บทที่ 441 - บทที่ 450

I was still trying to decide if marching down to the house was the best course of action when I felt someone reach for me. It was only the barest flicker of a touch, hardly there at all. And if I hadn't been out in the open, mind focused and power gathered, I probably would have missed it.Reaching back for whoever it was gave me nothing."There, see?" Demetrius did a little dance before me. "Told you. Get a crystal now. Then fix me!""Hang on." I waited for a repeat connection. Whoever it was, there hadn't even been enough contact for me to identify the power source. Was I imagining things?Nope, there it was again. I dove after the thin, fragile thread of demon magic, finding Sassafras, Meira boosting him. His power latched onto mine, but so weak, as though he were too far for me to reach.Or behind the Sidhe wards.My heart stopped, pounded once as the thread strengthened and suddenly surged to life, my demon cat yelling my name.Sass. I cut him off. What's wrong? Please, ple

Not even I could stay mad after that. The thought of Belaisle having Gram in his clutches made me weak with fear. I could only imagine how the Zornovs felt. I'd grown up supported and loved and sheltered whether I liked it or not.All they had was each other. And their Nona."You weren't supposed to be here." Trill shrugged, without anger, without much of anything resembling emotion considering the bombshell she'd just dropped. Though I could only assume some kind of firestorm waited to be born. "Belaisle said if anyone interfered, he'd kill Nona. That we had to cooperate or she was dead." Trill wrung her hands together, voice still calm while her body struggled to express something, anything. "I had to turn you in when your power touched mine." She met my eyes, glasses a little fogged around the edges from the remains of her tears. "You would have ruined everything."Deep breath. Let it out. And my bubbling fury with it. All of it, down to the ground, until I felt clean, purified b

Pacing, it turned out, might be great for letting out extra energy, but it did nothing to quiet my mind. It did do wonders for distracting me from what was important, though. Like the fact we were about to have visitors. If it wasn't for Charlotte's sudden rise in anxiety, I would have been caught completely flat footed. As it was, I barely had time to spin and lunge for the door before it opened and closed again, a large tray of food slid inside in record time before the way out was resealed against us.Though my stomach ached with hunger, I refused to eat, not trusting what the sorcerers might have done to the food. That didn't stop Owen and Trill from helping themselves. To avoid temptation, I crossed to Charlotte and sat next to her, one hand on her shoulder. She seemed to calm under my touch as I fingered the crystal in my pocket.And shook myself. "Owen," I held up the rock, glowing blue in the light, "can you free Charlotte with this?"He stood, half a sandwich in one hand, m

My imminent death should have given me more concern than it did. If only I could die. These schmucks were obviously totally unaware. Turned out Belaisle's files weren't quite as accurate as he thought they were.Creep.The pair guided me toward the back of the house, near where we'd entered in the first place. I needed to figure out a way to break free of their magic, only able to use wishful thinking they might slip up and take me outside.Even they weren't that stupid. Or arrogant. Or any combination of the two.Was still worth hoping though.Instead, they led me into the large, stainless-steel kitchen and toward what had to be the basement door."How you want to run this?" Bruno, had to be. The big lug-like sorcerer goon's voice made me shiver, my head still so heavy my eyes were forced to observe the floor under me as they half-carried me along between them.Emil, his long and lanky partner, shrugged, the feeling of his action running up my arm he clutched too tightly. "Drow

I caught Trill before she could crumple, tears pouring down her face."This is all my fault," she said.I wasn't about to argue with her, but I kept my mouth shut considering the timing.Demetrius was at the door, unsealing it, amber eyes fixed on me. "Come," he said. "Time to fix me."No argument from me. Except we were still shy one of our number."I can't just leave Owen." Trill tried to pull away from me, ending up in Charlotte's reach.From the expression on her face, the weregirl didn't care a scrap what Trill wanted and I couldn't bring myself to blame her. Charlotte had just endured a very bad day and the wolf in her seemed ready to act on her own whether we were part of her exit or not."We're leaving." Charlotte's hand clamped down on Trill's arm. "Now."The girl dug in, tears turning to fury. "I need to know Nona's not here," she snapped. "You could be lying so we'll leave. Your loyalty isn't exactly a big secret or anything."Oh boy. Charlotte's normally calm demea